Dear scott, I forgot to add cc so you please ignore this I installed using apt-get install postgresql-8.4 and it worked correctly for me today when i tried to start postgresql server using /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 restart it not starting now will you please tell me how to completely remove postgresql from my system and do a fresh install.?
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marl...@gmail.com>wrote: > You want to use apt-get purge to remove it completely. and keep the > list cc'd others might have more input. > > On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Mohammed Rashad > <mohammedrasha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I installed using apt-get install postgresql-8.4 > > and it worked correctly for me > > today when i tried to start postgresql server using > > /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 restart it not starting now > > will you please tell me how to completely remove postgresql from my > system > > and do a fresh install.? > > On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marl...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Mohammed Rashad > >> <mohammedrasha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > I am running ubuntu 10.04 > >> > I have problem installing postgresql-8.4 > >> > when i tried to start postgresql > >> > /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 start > >> > I am getting this error > >> > * Starting PostgreSQL 8.4 database server > >> > * Error: could not exec > >> > /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/pg_ctl /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/pg_ctl > >> > start > >> > -D /var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main -l > >> > /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-8.4-main.log -s -o -c > >> > config_file="/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf" : > >> > >> I run ubuntu 10.04 and postgresql 8.4 just fine. Could you provide > >> more info on how you've instaled 8.4? Was it through a normal apt-get > >> install method? Or did you download some .deb packages somewhere and > >> dpkg install them? Or compile by hand and using the service scripts > >> that come with pgsql? > >> > >> The more you tell us how you've done things, the more we can help. > > > > > > > > -- > > Rashad > > > > > > -- > To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion. > -- Rashad
